Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Season 6 won’t premiere until summer 2019

Yesterday, it was announced that ABC had renewed Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD for a sixth (and shortened) season. Now, there are new details on the next installment of the series, including that it won’t air until Summer 2019 on ABC, putting it well after the release of the impending Avengers 4. Some fans might think of the move as a negative thing, but the network says that it will be for the betterment of the show.

“What we’ve discovered is that we have a very loyal and passionate fan base for S.H.I.E.L.D. The show does incredibly well for us in delayed viewing,” ABC president Channing Dungey told TVLine. “By putting it in the summer, we’re going to be able to super-serve the fan base that loves that show and hopefully give it an opportunity to continue on longer than we would if it was [scheduled] in-season.”